7. Paul Hindemith

8. Arnold Schoenberg

“Supposing times were normal – normal as they were before 1914 – then the music of our time would be in a different situation.” – Arnold Schoenberg Picture: Getty

9. Molière

“All the disorders, all the wars which we see in the world, only occur because of the neglect to learn music.” – Molière Picture: Getty

10. Andrea Bocelli

“Some of us are born with a weakness for music. As a baby, music would stop whatever thought I was having. If I was worried, it would stop me worrying; if I was crying, it would stop me crying. Music was a healing thing for me.” – Andrea Bocelli Picture: Getty

11. Confucius

“When music and courtesy are better understood and appreciated, there will be no war.” – Confucius Picture: Getty

12. Zubin Mehta

“Music is the message of peace, and music only brings peace.” – Zubin Mehta Picture: Getty

13. Benjamin Britten

“It is cruel, you know, that music should be so beautiful. It has the beauty of loneliness and of pain: of strength and freedom. The beauty of disappointment and never-satisfied love. The cruel beauty of nature, and everlasting beauty of monotony.” – Benjamin Britten Picture: Getty

14. Gustav Mahler

“A symphony must be like the world. It must contain everything.” – Gustav Mahler Picture: Getty

15. Martin Luther

“My heart, which is so full to overflowing, has often been solaced and refreshed by music when sick and weary.” – Martin Luther Picture: Getty

In 1999 the Israeli conductor Daniel Barenboim and the Palestinian writer Edward Said organised a concert in Weimar in which half the performers were Palestinians and the other half Israelis.The performance itself and the rehearsals which preceded it had a lasting effect on all the participants. How far can the relationship between music and politics be used to promote a more peaceful world? That is the central question which motivates this challenging new work by some of the leading musicians and music scholars of our time.....